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x How to Clarify Vocabulary with Context Clues Read the text Find a clue Analyze the clue Replace unknown word with your guess Check if it make sense with you guess
The Text Says: You wont speak to anyone down there. Your nerves will be worse than ever from moping.
What does moping mean?
Find Context Clues: Look for word that might give you clues to the meaning.
Analyze the Clues: Use the clue to determine the meaning of the word.
Think what does it mean if he will not talk and his nerves will be worse.
Think It does not mean he is happy. It must mean acting sad.
Replace the Word: Change the unknown word to the word you think it means and decide if it makes sense with the rest of the story.
Your nerves will be worse than ever from acting sad.
The text says: He wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton was married or widowed.
Find Context Clues:married or widowed
Analyze the Clue:
Think - or, that word suggest an opposite. Married means has a husband, so widowed must mean no husband.
Replace the Word:
He wondered whether Mrs Sappleton was married or had no husband. Does that make sense?
no husband is not the full meaning, but is close. It means her husband died. You can guess that by the rest of the story.
The text says: ...Places that used to be safe to walk across were not safe. The marsh gave way suddenly without warning.
Find Context Clues:Places that used to be safe to walk across....
Analyze the Clue:
Think - places safe to walk across..........gave way; it must mean broke causing them to fall into the marsh
Replace the Word:
...Places that used to be safe to walk across....broke causing them to fall into the marsh
Does your guess make sense?
The text says: ...left through the that window to go hunting. They never came back....Their bodies were never recovered.
Find Context Clues:left, never came back, bodies...never
Analyze the Clue:
Think - It says they left and never came back.Bodies...never what?
Replace the Word:
...left through the that window to go hunting. They never came back....Their bodies were never found.
Does that make sense?
The text says:..I almost get a creepy feeling that they will walk in through that window.... She stopped with a little shudder.
Find Context Clues:I almost get a creepy feeling....
Analyze the Clue:
Think - It says creepy feeling. That suggest ...........
Replace the Word:
...I almost get a creepy feeling that they will walk in through that window....She stopped with a little --------.
Does your guess make sense?
romance
coincidenceIt was certainly an unfortunate coincidence that he should have paid his visit on this tragic anniversary.
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How to Clarify Vocabulary with Context Clues
Read the text
Find a clue
Analyze the clue
Replace unknown word with your guess
Check if it make sense with you guess
The Text Says:
You wont speak to anyone down there. Your nerves will be worse than ever from moping.
What does moping mean?
The text says:
He wondered whether Mrs. Sappleton was married or widowed.
The text says:
...Places that used to be safe to walk across were not safe. The marsh gave way suddenly without warning.
The text says:
...left through the that window to go hunting. They never came back....Their bodies were never recovered.
The text says: ..I almost get a creepy feeling that they will walk in through that window....
She stopped with a little shudder.